Cigar-machine.



Patented Aug. 22, I899.

' WM- J Miomeq H. C. GBEVE. CIGARMACHINE.

(Apphcat on filed. Mar 27 1899) No. 63l,297.

(No Model.)

W kmesses UNITE STATES PATENT EEICE.

HERMANN O. GREVE, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CIGAR-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631 ,297, dated August 22, 1899.

Application filed March 27, 1899. Serial No. 710,581. (No model.)

To all 1071 0712, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN O. GREVE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cigar-making machines.

The object of the invention is to provide in a machine of the above type means for roll-' ing fillers and binders in cigar-making and wherein the pressure to which the bunch or cigar is subjected will approximate or equal the pressure of the hand in hand-rolled cigars.

The essence of the invention resides in the construction of the table over which the bunches are rolled and which is hereinafter fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarrolling machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the table, a portion of which is broken away. Fig. 5 represents two of the extreme forms of cigars of hand make and which may likewise be rolled on the machine illustrated in the other views of the drawings. Fig. 6 is a sectional view showing the relative positions of the roller and traveling pocket when passing over one of the bars.

In the following specification similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The table upon which the bunches and cigars are rolled consists of a series of crossbars 1, which are spaced as hereinafter described and which may be of any cross-sectional shape, and a fabric or table-cloth 2 of any suitable material possessing the requisite strength and elasticity for the purposes in hand. The longitudinal edges of said tablecloth 2 are secured between the two parallel .9 and 10. a transverse roller 11, which engages with bars 3 and 4, which run lengthwise of the machine and are secured to the upperinner sides 5 of the said machine. An inner bar 6 holds the said cloth up in aposition on a level with the top of the machine, as in Fig. 2. This bar 6 on each side is secured to one'or'both of the bars '3 and 4. The cloth thusv secured is held sufficiently taut to prevent any sagging or looseness. The cross-bars 1 coincide in their positions and lie immediately beneath said cloth, their ends being rigidly secured to bars (5. The said bars and cloth may be mounted in other ways without interfering with the results obtained from their association and relative positions.

7 is an apron or belt which is of a greater length than the table and has its ends secured to the table and to the machine.

A carriage consisting of two side plates 8 8 and connecting-bar 8 is provided with rollers 8, which travel on side and central tracks Supported on the said carriage is the apron 7 and causes a traveling pocket 13 to form therein, in which the bunch or cigar is carriedover the table as said roller is moved. The purpose of the roller 11 is to form the traveling pocket 13, which is carried thereby over the cloth 2 and bars 1 and just in the rear of said roller, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 6. This carriage may be moved back and forth over the table by hand or foot power. In the drawings I have shown a transverse hand-bar 12 attached to the side plates 8 for moving it.

In the art of cigar-making the filler is enoperations of the hand in handwork. During this movement of the bunch over the elastic table at the points between each two of the bars 1 the cloth 2 will yield and apply a uniform pressure similar to the pressure under the hand, and the pressure at these points is substantially the same as that of the hand. The pressure increases and is of an unyielding nature when the bunch is rolled over each bar 1, where it is similar to that imparted to the bunch at the beginning and termination of each movement of the hand in handrolling. bars 1 approximates in extent each movement of the hand or is of sufiicient area to permit of one complete turn of the cigar or bunch while being rolled over such space and which is the extent of each movement imparted by the hand in hand-rolling. A certain desirable looseness of the bunch is obtained in this method of rolling the bunches which closely approximates handwork.

The apron may be lengthened or shortened to accommodate different sizes or thicknesses of bunches.

In operating the machine the filler is formed in the hand of the operator, who then places it in the pocket at the end of the machine. The binder is next laid on the apron in the front of the pocket. The roller is then moved over the length of the machine, carrying the pocket along in its immediate rear. As the said pocket and its contents are carried over the elastic or pliable cloth between the transverse bars the bunch is given the requisite compactness, which, owing to the elastic nature of the cloth, is not changed from the original shape, the said elastic or pliable cloth yielding transversely of its length according to the pressure put upon it by the traveling bunch. Should the bunch be thicker at its middle than elsewhere, as in the case of a tapering cigar, the said cloth will yield more at that point. The traveling pocket being free from any pressure from above, the said pocket, with its contents, is allowed to yield upwardly more or less as it travels over the transverse bars. The pressureat these points extendsthe length of the bunch; but owingto the fact that it is but momentary and owing to the further fact that the pocket is allowed to some extent to yield upwardly when passing over said bars the original shape of the bunch is not materially changed by the varied pressure at such points. It therefore does not become necessary to place the bunch in a mold to shape it before the wrapper is applied. Heretofore the practice has been to break the filler and put the binder around by machine or hand. After the hunch is rolled it is putinto a mold The space between each two of the to give it the desired shape and is then subjected to a high pressure. In the event that the bunch-maker has given the bunch too much filler. at a certain point the compression of the mold will cause too tight a pressure at such point and the result is the cigar will not smoke freely. This trouble is overcome in my invention by the elastic or pliable tablecloth, which yields in the manner hereinbefore described and allows no more pressure at one point than at another.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In a cigar machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of a table comprising a plurality of transverse bars mounted therein, a cloth on the upper sides of said bars, a transverse pocket formed in said cloth at one end, an apron resting on said cloth, and a roller engaging the underside of said apron and forminga transverse pocket therein which is carried over the table by said roller, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. In a cigar machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of a plurality of transverse bars rigidly secured in said frame, a cloth above said bars with its longitudinal edges secured, a pocket at one end of said cloth, an apron of greater length than said cloth, and a rollerengaging the underside of said apron and forming a pocket therein for the filler, the said pocket being carried over the table by the roller and in the rear of said roller, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In a cigar machine, the combination with a supporting-frame, of a plurality of transverse bars rigidly mounted therein and spaced as described, a cloth over the upper sides of said bars forming an intervening pli' able surface, a roller movable over said cloth and bars, and a traveling pocket in which the filler is placed, the said pocket being carried over the cloth and bars by the said roller, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I-hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMANN C. GREVE.

\Vitnesses:

A. J. FIORINI, R. J. MCCARTY. 

